Save the Children has warned that more than 100,000 displaced children in the Central African Republic were at risk of sexual abuse and recruitment into armed groups since the rebel takeover last March.

Forced to flee their homes after fighting among the rebel groups sparked widespread abuses, many of the children are suffering from malnutrition and malaria.

Mark Kaye, a spokesperson for the international non-governmental organization, told BBC News that the existing health system had been nearly extinguished. Food reserves and personal possessions have also reportedly been looted, along with pharmacies and hospitals.

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